The closing statement for the first day in the second round of the second phase

The participation rate from the first day of the first round, the insurance procedures are good, and the state apparatus is neutral 

Electoral bribes and propaganda before the committees and mass transit are the most prominent violations

The organization’s followers covered 75% from the polling stations of the second round of the second phase during the first day

 

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Final Statement December 1, 2015, 9:30 pm

The Observatory for the Follow-up of Parliamentary Elections “Egypt 2015” of the Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights concluded its work in following up on the first day of voting in the second round of the governorates of the second phase of the Egyptian parliamentary elections, during which Maat covered 91 electoral districts in 10 governorates, through 1034 observers distributed according to a plan Prepared in advance allowed them to visit 3,987 polling stations out of 5293, including more than 75% from the number of polling centers at the level of the targeted governorates.

The observers of the Parliamentary Elections Observatory of the Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights monitored all aspects of the voting process in terms of the security environment, logistical facilities and the availability and confidentiality of the voting process, as well as monitoring the practices of candidates and political forces in the vicinity of the polling centers, in addition to evaluating the work of the bodies supervising the The electoral process, and dealing with different stakeholders, whether voters, candidates and their representatives, or those following the electoral process.

The performance of the body supervising the electoral process

With regard to the performance of the judges, heads of the subcommittees in which the vote was made, it was characterized by smoothness, efficiency and impartiality in the vast majority of polling stations visited by Maat followers, and the behavior of the supporting staff was positive and neutral in most cases, and no effective cases of illegal practices by some employees were detected. While a number of observations related to logistical facilities and organizational procedures were monitored in some committees, where the most prominent of these practices were: -

1. Cairo / Helwan / Al-Nahda Official School / Committee No. 41 was opened at nine thirty, because the judge was late
2. Al-Sharqiya / Mashtool Al-Souq / Martyr Muhammad Morsi / Committee 7 and 8 The opening was delayed until 10:30 due to the judge's delay
3. Cairo Governorate - Coast District - Al Salam School Commercial Committee - Committee No. (24) The committee was not opened until 10:00 due to the absence of the committee judge.
4. Al-Sharqiya / Mashtool Al-Souq / Martyr Muhammad Morsi / Committee 7 and 8 The opening was delayed until 10:30 due to the judge's delay
5. Menoufia / Ashmoun / Abdel Moneim Asal School in Samadoun / Committee 171 / The judge’s obstinacy with the observer and the refusal to give him any data
6. Menoufia / Ashmoun / Elementary Religious Institute in Smadon / Committee No. 187 / The committee was opened at 9:35 am due to the late arrival of the judge
7. Gharbia / Qutour and Basion / Al-Tahrir Primary School / Committee 98: The opening of the committee was delayed until 9:20 due to the failure of the judge to arrive.
8. Kafr El Sheikh Governorate \ Kafr El Sheikh District \ Al Hamrawi Primary School \ Committee 121 \ The judge closed the committee for 45 minutes to perform the noon prayer.
9. Dakahlia Governorate / Belqas District / Religious Institute / Committee No. 6 / The judge did not assist the elderly and people with special needs in voting, explaining that he did not receive orders to do so.
10. Sharqia / Zagazig / Mashtool Al-Souk / Committee 301 and 302 The absence of voter lists for the committees. Candidate representatives search for the voter's number on a laptop computer in front of the committee
11. Dakahlia / Talkha and Nabarouh District / Religious Institute School / Al-Qadi did not arrive until 9:30 a.m. with the crowd of voters in front of the electoral commissions.

With regard to the legal deadlines for opening and closing the committees, Maat detected a delay in opening a number of committees for a period that ranged from 10 minutes to 45 minutes in most cases, while this period extended for more than an hour in a limited number of committees, and the main reason for the delay was delay Judges overseeing the electoral process, while no effective cases were detected of early closure of polling stations. It was one of those cases

1. Cairo / Nasr City: The Model School in Nasr City - Committees No. 162, 163, 164 and 165 - The opening of the committees was delayed until 9:30 a.m.
2. Cairo Governorate / Al-Matareya District: Muhammad Metwally Al-Shaarawi Primary School - Committee No. 29 - The opening of the committee was late and the committee was opened at exactly 9:20 in the morning.
3. Sharqia / Kafr Saqr / Asafir Al-Azhar School / Committee 113 and 114, the opening of the committees was 50 minutes late
4. Sharqia / Kafr Saqr / Asafir Al-Azhar School / Committee 113 and 114, the opening of the committees was 30 minutes late
5. Menoufia / Shebin El-Kom Center / Al-May Official Language School / Committee 28, 27 / The opening of committees was delayed until 9:45
6. Gharbia / Bandar al-Mahalla / National Awareness School / Committee 16-17-18: The opening of the committees is delayed until 10:15
7. Kafr El Sheikh Governorate \ Kafr El Sheikh District \ Sidi Ghazi School \ The opening of the committee was delayed until 9.20 am.
8. Qalioubia Governorate / Qalioub District / Qalioub Commercial Secondary School for Boys / The opening of the committees was delayed until 9:15 am

Performance of insurance forces

The behavior of the security authorities was characterized by positive neutrality, as they intervened in many cases to remove supporters of the candidates who had raised the riots from the vicinity of the polling stations, and there were no cases of the illegal presence of security forces inside the polling stations.

 It is worth noting that the insurance operations on the first day were carried out by joint forces from the Egyptian army and police, which succeeded in securing the process and early dealing with some attempts to disturb the process, and there were no cases of violence in the vicinity of the polling stations or cases of violence affecting the conduct of the voting process. . Security forces also arrested some of the candidates' supporters in flagrante delicto by giving bribes to the voters in order to vote for a particular candidate.

Participation rates

In general, the participation rates were low on the first day of voting in the second round in the second phase, compared to today in the automatic round, although they witnessed a significant increase during the second half of the day.

The participation of women and the elderly was the most prominent in most governorates, while the participation rates of youth and younger age groups significantly decreased.

Candidates' violations 

The prominent feature in a large number of polling sites was the electoral violations of some candidates represented in the electoral campaign in violation of the law in front of the polling stations, as multiple cases were monitored for distributing propaganda leaflets to candidates in front of the committees, and directing processes were monitored by the candidates ’representatives and their supporters to some voters, as well. Several cases of electoral bribes were monitored by some of the candidates' supporters. These incidents were documented by Maat in its reports issued throughout the day and covered by a number of media outlets. They were also published in detail on the official page on the social networking site Facebook, which is the “Parliamentary Election Observatory” page. Egypt 2015).

Throughout the day, Maat submitted a number of communications to the Supreme Elections Committee and to the Operations Chamber of the Ministry of Interior, the most prominent of which were the following:

1. Cairo Governorate - Bulaq District - Equestrian Club on the island - Supporters of a candidate mobilized voters to vote for the candidate in exchange for 50 pounds per vote.
2. Cairo / Al-Matareya: The agents and supporters of the candidate, Major General Ali El-Demerdash, distribute bags containing food commodities to the homes, accompanied by a suit to vote for the candidate.
3. Cairo Governorate - Manshiyet Naser District - Mohamed Farid School Committee - Committee 55 electoral advertisements. Voters transported in vehicles carrying propaganda materials for candidate Mona Gaballah in front of the polling station.
4. The joint international mission to follow up on the parliamentary elections is harmed by the ill-treatment and disruption of the international delegation of foreign observers at Omar Ibn Abdel Aziz School in the Caliph district, causing the intransigence of the chief of investigations